The IRC has stymied a union's attempt to sidestep requirements that matters in agreements pertain to the employment relationship and ruled the Atlas Steels judgment is the authority in such cases.
Commissioner Terence Cole has refused the CFMEU's bid for him to disqualify himself on the grounds of bias from making further findings about the construction division's NSW branch.
It's a path most employers do not tread, but AMWU national secretary Doug Cameron is going ahead with his contempt case against six Victorian officials, with a trial date now set.
The Federal Department of Community Services has jointly (with IBM) won the large employer category in this year191s ACCI Work and Family Awards, in recognition of initiatives such as unlimited personal leave, subsidies for school holiday child care and allowing female employees to return part-time after maternity leave.
The AiG has responded to the ACTU's bid for improved redundancy provisions with its own application for award changes - including differentiating between redundancy due to insolvency and redundancy for other reasons.
The IRC has reinstated a worker employed by a company about to go into voluntary liquidation to afford him access to the Government's employee entitlements scheme.
IBM Australia has won this year's gold work and family award for initiatives such as flexible work programs that have led to half the 10,000-strong workforce performing some work at home.
The Cole Royal Commission will hold a conference in Melbourne this month to try to forge agreement between stakeholders about improving OHS in construction, while the Commission has also released a discussion paper about training in the industry.
The Federal Court will expedite the hearing of the CFMEU construction division NSW branch's bid to have Royal Commissioner Terence Cole sidelined, after a hearing in Sydney today.
A briefing paper for the OECD launched today by Family & Community Services Minister Amanda Vanstone provides a broad overview of family friendly policies in Australia.
